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Prince William Admits Parenting Is ‘a Balancing Act,’ Talks Navigating Princess Kate’s Health Woes
A year and a half after Princess Kate revealed she was battling cancer, Prince William shared his most candid personal reflections yet on one of the toughest parts of their family’s ordeal: explaining her diagnosis, treatment and — thankfully — recovery to their children.
He and Kate “chose to communicate a lot more” with Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, the heir told a Brazilian TV host Luciano Huck in early November while in South America for his Earthshot Prize awards, admitting, “Now, that has its good things and its bad things. Sometimes you feel you’re oversharing with the children and you probably shouldn’t,” he said. “But most of the time, hiding stuff from them doesn’t work.”
The Prince and Princess of Wales didn’t want the kids to be “anxious” by hiding the truth. “There’s a lot more questions when there’s no answers,” William explained, “but it is always a balancing act — every parent knows that. It’s, ‘How much do I say? What do I say? When do I say?’ There’s no manual for being a parent. You’ve just got to go with it — a bit of instinct.”
